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come out of the woodwork to appear suddenly and unexpectedly. If you try to lose weight, people will come out of the woodwork to offer advice. Usage notes: usually said about someone who was not invited or wanted Etymology: based on the idea of insects that suddenly come out from under boards in a house where they have been hidden |
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But there are others starting to come out of the woodwork. Tax Code and simplify our archaic and cumbersome tax structure, all the special interests (yes, as a boater, I guess I'm considered one too) come out of the woodwork. ``A lot of people are going to come out of the woodwork and throw their hats in,'' Yousefian said. |
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